Full-Stack React, TypeScript, and Node: Build cloud-ready web applications using React 17 with Hooks and GraphQL

Discover the current landscape of full-stack development and how to leverage modern web technologies for building production-ready React.js applications to deploy on AWS

Key Features

• Understand the architecture of React and single-page applications
• Build a modern Web API for your SPA using Node.js, Express, and GraphQL
• Gain a clear and practical understanding of how to build a complete full-stack application

Book Description

React sets the standard for building high-performance client-side web apps. Node.js is a scalable application server that is used in thousands of websites, while GraphQL is becoming the standard way for large websites to provide data and services to their users. Together, these technologies, when reinforced with the capabilities of TypeScript, provide a cutting-edge stack for complete web application development.

This book takes a hands-on approach to implementing modern web technologies and the associated methodologies for building full-stack apps. You'll begin by gaining a strong understanding of TypeScript and how to use it to build high-quality web apps. The chapters that follow delve into client-side development with React using the new Hooks API and Redux. Next, you'll get to grips with server-side development with Express, including authentication with Redis-based sessions and accessing databases with TypeORM. The book will then show you how to use Apollo GraphQL to build web services for your full-stack app. Later, you'll learn how to build GraphQL schemas and integrate them with React using Hooks. Finally, you'll focus on how to deploy your application onto an NGINX server using the AWS cloud.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to build and deploy complete high-performance web applications using React, Node, and GraphQL.

What you will learn

• Discover TypeScript's most important features and how they can be used to improve code quality and maintainability
• Understand what React Hooks are and how to build React apps using them
• Implement state management for your React app using Redux
• Set up an Express project with TypeScript and GraphQL from scratch
• Build a fully functional online forum app using React and GraphQL
• Add authentication to your web app using Redis
• Save and retrieve data from a Postgres database using TypeORM
• Configure NGINX on the AWS cloud to deploy and serve your apps

Who this book is for

The book is for web developers who want to go beyond front-end web development and enter the world of full-stack web development by learning about modern web technologies and how they come together. A good understanding of JavaScript programming is required before getting started with this web development book.

Table of Contents

1. Understanding TypeScript
2. Exploring TypeScript
3. Building Better Apps with ES6+ Features
4. Learning Single-Page Application Concepts and How React Enables Them
5. React Development with Hooks
6. Setting Up Our Project Using create-react-app and Testing with Jest
7. Learning Redux and React Router
8. Learning Server-Side Development with Node.js and Express
9. What is GraphQL?
10. Setting Up an Express Project with TypeScript and GraphQL Dependencies
11. What We Will Learn - Online Forum Application
12. Building the React Client for Our Online Forum Application
13. Setting Up a Session State Using Express and Redis
14. Setting Up Postgres and Repository Layer with TypeORM
15. Adding a GraphQL Schema - Part I
16. Adding a GraphQL Schema - Part II
17. Deploying an Application to AWS

David Choi is a developer with over 10 years' experience in building enterprise-class applications using a variety of frameworks and languages. Most of his professional development experience has involved working in finance for companies such as JPMorgan, CSFB, and Franklin Templeton. He currently works at his own start-up, DzHaven, building an application to help devs help other devs.

You can find David on YouTube at the David Choi channel, or on Twitter at jsoneaday.